22.03.2013The ex-President of Moldova, Chairman of the Communist Party MP Vladimir Voronin says he doesn’t really see a particular need for holding consultations with the Liberal Democratic Party to launch the procedure of discharging Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu.

Tiraspol. The Transnistrian leaders have taken a rather constructive position by stating that they are ready to participate in the negotiating process. The statement was made by Russian Ambassador to Moldova Valeriy Kuzmin at a meeting with the president of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan republic in Tiraspol on Thursday, September 18.

A press release by the Transnistrian presidential press service said that Kuzmin described Smirnov’s position as “the starting point”.

“This line should be further developed. I hope that this will bring about a positive result,” the diplomat said.

The sides discussed the situation in the Moldovan-Transnistrian settlement, with Kuzmin noting that “it is premature to make specific commentaries on this issue for the time being”. They also approached the Russian-Transnistrian bilateral relations, including possibilities of “solving social and economic problems and fostering the functionality of the Smirnov-Zhukov protocol”.

Kuzmin said that they also touched upon the issue of “cooperation in up-to-date international issues, such as attempts to falsify the history”.

Infotag note: In mid-August, Tiraspol imposed a moratorium on the negotiations with Moldova, asking it to condemn Georgia’s "aggression" against South Ossetia. After a meeting with Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev in early September, Smirnov announced that the moratorium was lifted.